Big 50 Ring

The Big 50 Ring^[1] is a power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When the player obtains this power-up, fifty Rings will be granted to the playable character at once. It can be considered a variant of the Super Ring.

Since its debut, the Big 50 Ring has been featured as both a power-up contained in Item Boxes and as an independent, non-contained, and collectible item as well. Regardless of how it has appeared though, the Big 50 Ring has functioned identically in every game.

Description

The Big 50 Ring follows the same principles as the Super Ring. When obtaining a Big 50 Ring, the player is instantly granted fifty Rings at once which are automatically added to the player's total Ring count. Rings granted by Big 50 Rings function like regular Rings, as the player is able to lose them after taking damage and then recollect them.

The Big 50 Ring appears either as a power-up contained in an Item Box or as a floating golden Ring separate from Item Boxes that is slightly larger than regular Rings and has the number "50" in its center. Item Boxes containing Big 50 Rings display a golden ring with the number "50" written in its center. Like other Item Boxes, Big 50 Ring Item Boxes can be hidden in places that are not easily spotted or reached. Big 50 Rings that appear as large floating Rings are likewise obtained upon simply touching them, as there is no Item Box in-between them and the player. However, they cannot be targeted by attacks like the Homing Attack, unlike Big 50 Rings in Item Boxes. When collecting an Item Box-less Big 50 Ring, a unique sound effect is played compared to the regular chime exhibited by Rings.

On a few rare occasions, the Big 50 Rings can appear in groups to be picked up.

Game appearances

Sonic Unleashed

The Big 50 Ring made its first appearance in the Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed. In this game, it is exclusively a floating ring without an Item Box.

In gameplay, the Big 50 Rings appear only in the nighttime stages. While they start out as uncommon objects when first introduced, they will appear more frequently as the player advances through the game.

Sonic Lost World

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, the Ring power-up is referred to as Big 50 Ring.^[1] In this game, it is exclusively an Item Box item. The Item Boxes that contain the Big 5o Ring in this game hold a golden Ring with the number "50" written in its center. They are also rather rare power-ups in the Zones.

Besides Item Boxes, the Big 50 Rings can be obtained through other means, outside of the Zones. Exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, the player can make a Big 50 Ring in Tails' Lab using eight Bronze Materials and three Silver Materials. Once obtained, these Big 50 Rings will be stored away for the player to use later in the Zones. During these Zones, the player can look up the Item Bag and select the Big 50 Ring to instantly bestow it onto the playable character.

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Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS)

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References

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Bashosen
Big 50 Ring	Blizzard Bomb	Blue Shield
Bomb	Booby Trap	Bowling Strike
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Chao Attack
Chao-nado	Chaos Emerald	Change
Character	Chopper Chomp	Colorball
Combi Catcher	Combine Ring	Combination Dash
Combo Bonus	Confusion	Continue Monitor
Cyclone Charge	Damage Recover	Dead End
Drac-O'-Lantern	Dragon Dance	Eggman Mark
Electro Boost	EMP Boost	Explosion
Exploding Balloon	Explosive Mine	Festive Umbrella Boost
Fire Boost	Fire Whirl	Fireball
Firework Flurry	Flame Jump	Flue Shot
Fly Charge	Free Throw	Frozen Chopper Chomp
Gauge Up	Gold Shield	GP Boost

Grow	Harvest Time	Health
Heat Barrier	Hedge Maze	High Speed
Home Run	Hyper Heli-Tails	Ice Mine
Ice Wave	Illusion Boost	Illusion Mine
Jet Board	Jump	Lava Bomb
Lightning	Lilytrap	Magnet
Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus	Mine
Minus Ring	Mosaic	Moto-Bug
Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink	Player Swap
Pogo Spring	Power Core	Pyro-Mine
Random	Random Ring Bonus	Reaper
Red Shield	Ring Can	Rings
Ring Portal	Rocket Shoes	S
Propeller Shoes	Shrink	Skateboard
Slow	Soda Rocket	Speed Down
Stage Select	Star Trail	Steal
Steal Boost	Steal Wisp	Storm Cloud
Strike Out	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Tornado
Transparency	Trap Shot	Twister
Umbrella Boost	Warp	Whirlwind
Wind Boost	Wipeout	Wrench Rush
Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch